The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-24
A GRAN DFATHER FOR SALE.


IT'S all very well for you, Cabot, to
quote that trite remark about rank be-
ing only the guinea's stamp. You
know as We'll as I do that the social
tguinea-hefe in Boston, of all places
must be stamped before it will go into
circulation, Society strongly resembles
retail trade'in this one particular. Let
me offer a lump Of the purest gold to
any small dealer as payment for the
goods | have bought of him, and lie
would at once say he'd rather have the
>dirtiest banl4 mote in towu than my un-
stamped metal; wouldn't he?"
& swell, I Suppose he would. If we
were in more primitive state of ex-
istence the yellow metal, as it came
from mother earth, would satisfy our
greed. Now it has to be vouched for
as gold before it can take it's proper
position among the other circulating
mediums. @
EXACTLY so! And as we are not in
primitive state, but very highly cul-
tured"one, I, for example, need to have
"a stamp before can pass muster. All
the wealth my Midas of q father left to
me will not take me more than just so
far; yet | dress according to the laws Of
to-day, ! don't eat with my, knife, 1
know h.owrto raise my hat to q lady; in
.shoEt, 4 .3flatters myself that I make a.
fairly good appearance. But have no
grandfather worth speaking of ~ And
though there was mock pathos in his
tone, Maxwell Jennings'me more of
what he said than he would have been
willing his companion should suspect
Edgar Cabot glanced ut him little
ycontemptuously; then he allowed his
eyes to wander enviously around the
luxurious appointments of Maxwell's
rooms Everything bespoke an abund-
ancc OF, both money and taste Oh the
part of the one who resided there. A
casual observer would never have sup
posed that Il man who could appreciate
fhc cngravings and books which crowd-
cd the walls and tables was a,musll-
room Of an hour, the son Of a man who
had amassed a. large fortune by the
manufacture Of rum and judicious
sDcculations in stocks and mines. The
moment that Tom Jennings's business
and all herpossessions fell into his
sons hands. thht young man sold the
obnoxious tlistilleries and went abroad
for three years to finish the studies his
father had sent him there to begin.
Old Tom Jennings had the sense to
know that he cod Id never aspire to any
higher position ilh life than the one he
was born into; but he was determined
'to .:naake Max 4 gentleman" and SO
8as cultivation%and study could do
70 succeeded.
~ Ry Jupiter, Jennings, if l had a
a of your money 1 wouldn't care q
une if l hadn't grandfather"
@ Cabot, whose bank account was
1T as his pedigree was long.
81 ,d I, Cabot, would give hum
e housand dollars this minute if I
pc Of your Nignified ancestors"
ggs answer%, earnestly, Yes,
81 it gladly & 1 in any way could
"a great-uhcH n Or grandfather Of
81 Jllow has Aperfect right to sell
S. indubitalRy his own, hasn't
81 ,rsa sed CabslM thoughtfully.
w c{,rse he
II, asbverysA knows, am the last
of my linf Of tn. Vabots. I am badly
in want money! you think yourself
4. Or, to m@Ie exact, DR.. and Mrs.
Randall n nix you-- badly lin want Of
.-ancestors.H II What wnl you'g me for:
say old Cdbnel Cabotp The one, you
know, whNwas killed in King Philips
\ war" .f..
s what h absurd ideal" exclaimed
s. Jennings, Hith a laugh.
Not at hll absurd. The old codger
Ills now sny reat uncle; .if sell him to
you, why, bf course, he'll be yours.
AWOr, if you Cont like him, there's my
srandfatheB Judge Cabot--how will
lie fill your .GillpI Now. Jennings, don't
look so amused. assure you I am in
dead earnesA I am SO hard up I'd sell
my soul mi Hch more such a trife as a